Notes to SEFA
The Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District (the District) is a governmental agency established by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the purposes of providing public education for pre-kindergarten through high school. It is comprised of its member towns of the Town of Freetown and the Town of Lakeville. All operations related to the District's federal grant programs are included in the scope of the OMB Uniform Guidance. The U.S. Department of Education has been designated as the District's oversight agency for purposes of the audit. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District for the year ended June 30, 2025. The information in the Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, or changes in the financial position, of the District.
Accounting policies and financial reporting practices permitted for municipalities in Massachusetts are prescribed by the Uniform Municipal Accounting System (UMAS) promulgated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. The information included in the Schedule may not fully agree with other federal award reports the District submits to federal awarding or pass-through entities. Cash and Non-Cash Assistance – Child Nutrition Cluster The following defines the cash and non-cash assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child Nutrition Cluster – National School Lunch Program & Breakfast Program (Federal Assistance Listing #10.553;#10.555): Cash assistance – expenditures represent federal reimbursement for meals during the year. Non-cash assistance – represents food commodities received under a state distribution formula and are valued at federally published wholesale prices for purposes of this schedule. Such commodities are not recorded in the financial records, although memorandum records are maintained.
The District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The District provided $6,892 to a subrecipient (consortium of Swansea and Westport Public Schools).
Programs identified in the accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards which have been funded pursuant to federal legislation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have been specifically indicated with the prefix- COVID-19.